Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-30

IlS pienIy OF meal LOT our baDecue. he VII
! have
Beef and mutton, baked and toasted,
Smoked and broiled, fried and roasted
enough for all the town and country brethren
for miles around. Young men, bring your
sweethearts, old men, bring your wives and
| little ones! There will be special table foI
| them, and the''Old Maid, "or1' Sober Twelve, u
will wait on them, and see that they are well
supplied with all the good things. There
will also be a special table for the old folks.
Grandmothers and fathers over sixty years
Of age, we want you to come and enjoy the
glorious Fourth of July with US, an d perhaps
II do not say for sure) we viii be able to
persuade our old friend, Granny to pre-
side at their table, if she can be induced TO
step out of the warpath long enough; and
who knows but some Of the old beauX may
win her over TO our side and treat her TO
some ice-cream: Now, Granny" please be
sure and come. We want to see you in the
place of honor at the old folks table, and
pendence viii be read by a most agreeable
and interesting reader, and, with the help Of
the Pilot Knob Cornet Band to soothe Us to
good humor, it will be strange indeed if all
do not enjoy the dinner provided for them.
After dinner, Mr.. NJ. Ringo will make short
address, Mr.. w. r. Edgar will follow with
one of great interest to all, and we request
that no one will leave the grounds without
hearing what Mr.. Edgar has to say. z. Hol-
loman, DR.. Edwards and Will Gregory will
have charge of the platform for dancing, and
hot ;pp- IN Jnlno r1tl
There will be swings for the children, and
also croquet sets for older children.
Mr.. Hogue viii go to st. LOUIS this week
and get a supply of flags for the occasion,
and maybe Gen. Fairchild will loan us one
of those ttie-flags; if so, we will take good
care of it and return ii in good order.
Mr.. Medley will decorate the old log house
in honor of its age; Mr. W. Fletcher will do
likewise with his next fourth.
Hodges fence stands out in the street as
if it had right to stand there.
If We had a few more men like Mr.. Thorn
son and Gen. Turner, our town would sure
ly boom.
Mrs. Peck has several summer boarders
in the strawberry cottage, and there are more
coming next week to occupy the Ringer
House. What a pity we haven't hotel to
accommodate all who would come!
Mr.. Hogue has bought four hundred acres
of timber land four miles south of Arcadia.
He will put up sawmill at once, and ship
one car of lumber per day, and he thinks
there will be timber enough to last four years
steady saving. That will be some help to
Arcadia and the boom they say is coming.
Mary had little lot,
And thought she had better sell;
She placed il on the market
And the way that lot did-weIl,
1t sold four times within week,
And every time it went
The lucky man who bought it
Cleared ninety mine per cent.
"What makes town lots go flying so?"
The eager buyers cry;
Arcadia is on boom, you know"
The gents do reply,
And so the owners mark them up,
Yet no one there's to buy;
BY marking up they only meant
They would not sell and lose cent.
Seldy Tual has come home from Annapolis,
Kansas, sick. He thought money grew on
bushes, but did not find it so. He thinks
Missouri is the best place after all. So do l.
The Post Dispatch folks had better send
their balloon from Arcadia next time, for we
have two men in Arcadia who have enough
gas to send it straight to Boston, without any
stop-over tickets. II they would only send
it about the Fourth, it would help our pic
mic.
One thing more. ! want to say in regard
to the picnic, We will have officers there to
keep good order, and there will be no dis
turbanee of any kind. And, hoping we will
have Il big crowd, and all enjoy themselves,
will stop talking and go to work. y.